πταρ-μός, ὁ,
sneezing, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 6.13 (_plural_), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 189a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 961b9; πταρμόν τ᾽ ὄρνιθα καλεῖτε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 720, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 492b6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; as a bad omen, [[ 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 3.10.2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]